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Letter to Editor: My OPALCO Board Recommendations
-- from Glenna Hall, San Juan Island -- As you may know, I served on the OPALCO Board for several years, but resigned last summer for health reasons. Numerous OPALCO members have asked me about
Guest Column: Rock Island Progress Report
Thank you to the OPALCO Board for their strong leadership -- from Dan Burke, for Rock Island -- With just over one year of being in business, Rock Island Communications has overcome numerous challenges, and
Guest Opinion | Amazon: A 21st Century Example of Enlightened Business…NOT
-- by David Turnoy -- Amazon: the prototype company of the new economy, the story of a young entrepreneur capitalizing on the growth of the Internet, capitalism and competition at its finest, right? Not exactly.
Guest Opinion: Carrier/United Technologies to Move Jobs to Mexico
-- by Michael Riordan in the New York Times -- The heating and air-conditioning equipment maker Carrier Corporation recently announced plans to transfer its Indianapolis plant’s manufacturing operations and about 1,400 jobs to Monterrey, Mexico.
Guest Opinion: Change OPALCO Direction through Board Election
-- by Alex MacLeod -- There are some things worth thinking about as we cast ballots in the next few weeks for the three open positions on the OPALCO Board of Directors. The first are
Guest Opinion: Is Broadband Internet Really Just a “Side Benefit” of Fiber Optic Cable Buildout?
--by Steve Jung -- OPALCO has been good to me. I’ve been impressed with the reliability and relatively low cost of the primarily “green” electricity it delivers to the home my wife and I built
Guest Editorial: Theatre an Act of Empathy
-- by Jake Perrine originally posted Nov. 2014, reprinted upon request -- Who Needs Theatre? Photo courtesy of Harry Sircely "Who Needs Performing Arts?" Working with the creative team at Orcas Center this
Ranker Report: Success in Regional Public Health Issues
-- from the office of Senator Kevin Ranker -- Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island,[on April 1, 2016], issued the following statement regarding two [recent] public health victories.. “The decision by SSA Marine to halt the
Guest Opinion: OPALCO Bylaw Change is Straightforward
-- from Rob Thesman -- If you’re an OPALCO member, you’re being asked to vote up or down on a bylaw change contained in the ballots that are being distributed. While opponents are characterizing the
Guest Editorial: The Creek and The Culvert
-- by Tom Welch -- Cascade Creek has, like most creeks, small beginnings. It’s an ignonimous little tumbler as it scoots over, around, under and through the rocks, logs, sticks, eddies, falls and stillwaters. Suddenly,
Letter to the Editor: Midsummer Night’s Dream is a Gift
-- from Barbara Bentley -- What a gift! I can’t say enough about Jake and the entire cast and staff delivered incredibly professional performance! Yeah, yeah, I know there is a tendency (at least on my
Letter to Editor | EDC Supports OPALCO/Rock Island Broadband Expansion Efforts
-- from Victoria Compton, Economic Development Council -- Over a half-century ago, the Carnegie Institute released a report on a contraption that was changing the way America received its information. This report suggested that the
Flotsam & Jetsam: Islands to Be Connected by Bridges
With this article, we are starting a semi-regular humor column, written by Orcas High School teacher Maurice Austin from recent events of local interest. Thanks for your humorously imaginative columns, Maurice! What's next? -- by
Letter to Editor: Lions Easter Egg Hunt Thank Yous
-- from Don Webster -- On Saturday morning, approximately 130 children and their families participated in the Orcas Island Lions Club’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Moran State Park. After a few comments and instructions
Letter to Editor: Seems I Voted in Caucus Today
-- from Jane Alden -- Today was my second experience with caucusing. I remember nothing about the first one, eight years ago, except that there was a room full of people. Today there was an
